Spindle



{No ModeU SPINDLE.

Patented Jan. 12, 1897.

WITNESSES:

7/? M gmhmm.

BY ATTY'S.

UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

ADAM SCI-IEID, OF HARRISON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO THE SAW'YER SPINDLE COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

SPINDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,947, dated January 12, 1897.

Application filed November 17, 1896. Serial No. 612,515. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADAM SOHEID, a citizen of the United States, residing in Harrison, Hudson county, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spindles; and I do hereby declare ,the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a spindle-support for spinning-spindles, whereby the spindles are capable of adjusting themselves to unbalanced loads and whereby the flexibility of the said spindles can be easily and quickly adjusted with out stopping their operation.

The invention consists in the improved spindle-support, in the arrangement of an adjusting-spring tending to draw the spindlesupporting tube downward, and in the combination and arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of my improved support, and Fig. 2 an underneath View thereof, (6 represents the spindle-rail, penetrated by the vertical opening I). The tube 0, containing step and bolster bearing for the spindle d, (provided with sleeve 6 and whirl f,) is loosely arranged in said opening and rests with its annular flange c on the intermediate flexible washer 0 On said tube and below the rail a is adjustably secured by means of the set-screw g a ring or collar g, engaged by the flat spring h, having one end bent upward at substantially right angles, as at h, and bearing against the under side of the rail, and having its other end provided with an internally-threaded hole penetrated by a set or thumb screw 72*, the rounded end of which bears against the under sideof the rail or engages a recess 01 therein, as shown in Fig. 1.

The flat spring his provided, substantially in its center, with a circular opening of a size sufficient to allow the passage of the tube 0.

By simply turning the set or thumb screw h the flexibility of the tube and spindle is easily regulated, the flat spring increasing or decreasing its pressure upon the ring or collar g, and thus drawing the tube and its flange a downward against the washer 0 Should the adjustment by means of the screw 77. not be suflicient, the ring or collar g is raised or lowered until the desired yielding movement of the spindle is obtained.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the spindle-rail, of a tube flexibly mounted on said rail, a ring or collar adj ustably secured on said tube and below the rail, a flat spring provided with a central opening arranged on said ring or collar, and having one end bent upward at right angles and bearing against the under side of the rail, an adjusting-screw arranged in the other end of said flat spring and bearing with its rounded end against the under side of the rail, and a Whirl-driven spindle in said tube, all said parts, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination with the spindle-rail provided with a vertical opening, a tube of smaller diameter than the opening and coritaining step and bolster bearing, penetrating said opening, an annular flange on said tube and above the rail, an intermediate washer between said flange and the rail, a ring or collar adjustably secured on said tube and below the rail, a flat spring provided with a central opening arranged on said ring or collar, and having one end bent upward at right angles and bearing against the under side of the rail, an adjusting-screw arranged in the other end of said flat spring and bearing with its rounded end against the under side of the rail, and a whirl-driven spindle in said tube, all said parts, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set myhand this 3d day of October, 1896.

ADAM SOHEID.

Witnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, WM. D. BELL. 

